Honeymoon... yes or no?

Important how? It's not required to get married or to be happily married. In essence, a honeymoon is just the first vacation you take after getting married. So it can be a lovely and romantic getaway, but is it important? Not really. And if money is tight, I would certainly not prioritize a honeymoon over other expenses.

View Quoted Comment Okay thank you! I’d love to go on one but with 2 kids and money I don’t know how fancy or nice of a one we can go on. Would like a camping trip or something like that work? Just a few days/ nights to ourselves?

It's absolutely not necessary, but it is nice! If you don't have the funds for one, maybe just one or two nights away, or a camping trip as you say, is the way to go. Maybe even just have someone look after your kids and have a stay cation for a bit.

It's nice to have one, but not necessary, per se. My brother and sister in law didn't have one and their 10th anniversary is next year.

I think so important! (Especially with kids) We didn’t have time or money to go on a fancy trip. But we did go out of town for 3 days after. It was awesome. Just being in that just married bubble. Getting to soak it all in and not get back into the grind of everyday life right after.
It doesn’t have to be fancy. Just time together. I think camping sounds perfect if that’s something the 2 of you like to do. As others have said it’s not necessary, but I think you’ll enjoy being able to do it.

Definitely not a necessity, more of a preference. Some people go on them, some people don't. My husband & I loveeeee going on vacations so we knew we would plan something

Just a few days to yourselves is super nice! Can even be a “staycation” in your city. Definitely getting room service the morning after your wedding (and sleeping in) is soooo relaxing.

I don’t think it necessarily has to be somewhere fancy, but for me, I absolutely had to have some sort of honeymoon. Just some time to spend together as newlyweds, soaking in that we are married on our own. Even if it’s just for a few days and close to home, I think it’s a special thing and those who didn’t go on one that I know regretted it!

It definitely depends on you and your fiancé. For us, it's very important. We're spending all of this time and money to plan a reception, basically for our families, not us, so we want to take a trip for us. But for some, a staycation is fine for them too. If you don't want to travel, or can't, I would definitely recommend at least taking the Monday after off of work to recharge yourself.

Its not necessary, but I think it would be nice to go away and relax after hosting an event that took months if not years to plan - even if you are just traveling local. It doesn't need to be some big extravagant thing.

We went on a honeymoon and while it was a great time, I almost wish we had just taken a couple of days in the city where we got married (semi-destination, I guess?) and then gone on the honeymoon a couple of months later. Having two big events back to back in the middle of a major life change was a lot.

I agree with others that while it's not absolutely necessary in order to get married, to us it was important to take some sort of trip to unwind after. We're just taking a trip a few hours away for a couple of days, so it definitely doesn't have to be anything crazy. It's just a nice getaway where you get to just be excited you got married and not worry about regular life for a bit.

To us, it was actually more important than a big wedding. We both have been married before, love to travel, and would just rather spend our money on a honeymoon. So we are having 16 people total at our wedding, and an expensive all-inclusive Caribbean honeymoon. Think its a matter of personal preference!

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We're definitely taking a honeymoon but I'm not exactly sure if it's going to be directly after the wedding.

FH doesn't get a lot of PTO time, and we have two other destination weddings next year, one in February in FL and One in Rhode Island in July then our wedding is in September, so I'm not sure if he's (or myself) are going to have the PTO to take an appropriate tropical Honeymoon the way we want to.

I'm thinking we're take a long weekend after we get married, possibly a nice secluded air bnb, then maybe for our one year anniversary go to Aruba like we really want to.

Not necessary, but it's nice to have a little vacay after all the planning and wedding is over!

We're just planning on doing a weekend trip after the wedding, and saving up for a bigger trip the entire year. We're paying for pretty much the whole wedding ourselves, so we didn't want the added expense and stress of a honeymoon along with what we have now.

As someone who loves to travel i think it is important for everyone to experience but i wouldn't say it has to be after the wedding immediately. a lot of people save up to take a delayed honeymoon

For us it's important, we have a teenager at home and high stress jobs so having a few days just us to enjoy that newlywed bliss will be important to help us unwind and soak it in. We're just doing a few days in the Poconos right after the wedding, but we're doing a longer one about 6 months after to St Lucia

As important as a wedding.

I think it should be acknowledged, when things like "it isn't necessary" get said, that this is also true of weddings. Weddings are absolutely not necessary. They are luxuries.

If I had the choice between a party to impress everyone else, and a great vacation for just me and my new husband to celebrate our marriage, I would pick the vacation all day, any day.

What a honeymoon is or should be is up to you. There is nothing that says it has to be laying around on a beach in Bora Bora for a week. If you both enjoy camping, that could be a great honeymoon. Your honeymoon should be a way of you taking a few days away from the bustle of life to enjoy each other's company and bask in beginning this new chapter of your lives.

I think it is necessary to have the time to wind down from all the months put into planning and executing the wedding. It doesn't have to be anything fancy. A few days away from home at a local luxury hotel with a jacuzzi is probably what I will do.